Fastening for gloves



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FASTENING FOR GLOVES.

No. 276,714. Patented May 1,1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM S. RICHARDSON, OF NEWTON, ASSIGNOR TO CLARENCE JOHN BLAKE, TRUSTEE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

FASTENING FOR GLOVES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 276,714, dated May 1, 1883.

Application filed July 13, 1882. Renewed March 15, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. Brennan- SON, of Newton, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts. a citizen of the United States, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Fastenin gs for Gloves and other Articles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference 'being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in explaining its nature, in which- Figure l represents'a plan of a blank from which the socket member of the fastening is made. Fig. 2 shows the blank after it has been submitted to one operation, by which a portion of the socket is formed, the neck shaped, and the hole for the rivet or other fastening device formed. Fig.3 is a plan of the completed socket member. Fig. 4 is a crosssection of the blank shown in Fig. 1 upon the line a: 41:. Fig. 5 is a cross-section of the partly-formed blank shown in plan in Fig. 2

upon the line 3 y. Fig. 6 is a cross-section of the complete socket member shown in Fig. 3 upon the line a 2. Fig. 7 is a plan of the blank from which the ball memberof the fasteningis formed. Fig. 8 shows the blank when partly formed. Fig. 9 represents another advance in the construction. Fig. 10 is a plan of the finished ball. Fig. 11 is a cross-section of the ball-blank upon the line to w, Fig. 7. Fig. 12 is a cross-section of the partly-formed blank upon the line or mot Fig.8. Fig. 13 is acrosssection of the blank advanced to the stage shown in Fig. 9, upon the line y y of said figure. Fig. 14 is a cross-section of the finished ball upon the line 2 z of Fig. 10. Fig. 15 represents in plan the application of the complete fastening to a glove. Fig. 16 is a cross-section upon the line :10 m of Fig. 15. Fig. 17 is a cross-section, illustrating a modified form of a part of the invention hereinafter described.

This invention is an improvement upon that described in my Letters Patent No. 260,050, dated June 27, 1882; and it consists particularly in various modifications and details of construction whereby the manufacture is simplified and cheapened, while the principle of operation of the invention remains the same.

The invention comprises two members, A

B. The first or socket member, A, is formed from a flat blank shaped in plan substantially as shown in Fig. 1. in suitable dies to the shape shown in Fig. 2- that is, the lower portion, a, of the socket is formed, the neck I) is curved or rounded, and the part c at the end ofthe neck is shaped and provided with a hole, 0. The partly-formed blank is then submitted to another forming operation in suitable dies, by which the portions d are folded up and drawn in over the lower portion, a, of the socket to the shape shown or substantially shown in Fig. 3, thereby completing the socket. The complete fastening will have the socket C, having spring sides d, the opening C, the front notch or recess, 01, if desired, the neck or arm I) ending in the circular portion 0. Of course the socket may be fastened in place to the material by means of a rivet or eyelet passed through the hole in the part c, or through its bottom a, as represented in Fig. 17. It will be noticed that this form of socket member differs from that described in the patent in that the lower portion, a, of the socket and the sides d are continuous, not being separated by folding one part of the blank under another, as therein described, and bythis method of construction less metal is employed and the construction is cheapened. The other or ball member of the fasteningis made from a blank which is shaped in place substantially as shown in Fig. 7. The portion 0, from which the'spherical end of the fastening is made, may be square in shape, or may be shaped as represented in said figure, and on some accounts I prefer the latter shape. It is submitted to suitable formingdies, which shape the cup or hemisphere e, which forms a portion of the ball, the neck c and its diskextension 0 This shape is very well represented in Figs. 8 and 12. The blank thus shaped is then submitted to another forming operation in suitable dies, by which the por- This blank is struck up tions 6* are bent to the shape shown in Figs.

9 and 13, and by another forming operation in suitable dies these portions 0 are then closed inwardly toward each other to form the other part of the hemisphere, thus completing the ball. A spherical end or balllformed in this manner will have one halfof its circumference without a seam or joint while the other half will contain all the seams or joints; and it is intended that said portion shall be concealed from view when in use, thereby exposing the unseamed portion of the ball.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1. A member of afast-eningdevice, comprising a socket, 0, formed of sheet metal, and having the spring sides 01 or upper section thereof integral with the part a, forming its lower portion, all substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The member of a glove or other fastening having the sides and bottom of the socket made from one piece of metal, as described,

provided with the arm I) and the extension 0, all substantially as and. for the purposes described.

3. A member of a fastening device having a spherical end comprising the hemispherical portion e and the rounded or curved portions 6 all substantially as and for the purposes described.

4. The member of a fastening device having the spherical end B, formed as described, and the arm 6 0 substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

WILLIAM S. RICHARDSON.

Witnesses:

F. F. RAYMOND, 2d, WILLARD 0. Boss. 

